Carbureting apparatus.



G. F. SCHMIDT.

CARBURETING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APII. 9, 1909.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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G. F. SCHMIDT.

CARBURETING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.9.1909.

1,137,535. Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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,--and'of the drawings, as such forms a. part GUSTAVE, F.. BCHLTIDT, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

lcamaUnirrnm APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Application led April 9, 1900. Serial No. 488m.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Beit known thatl, GUsTAvE F. ScHMmT, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented 5 certain new and useful Improvements in Car-'bursting Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention provides a carbureting apparatus for residences and factory use, .n.nd in its generic nature my invention provides a blo-wer and regulator bell in a single mechanism, which is adapted to be set up in a. building and piped-up with a carburoter, located in a pit outside of the building, thel carburetor being piped-up with a supply tank which may be buried below the frost line outsideof the building.

My inventionalso provides means wherebythe gas and aix' currents which pass through the carburetor may -bo made to vdrive an elevator'for supplyinggasolene to 4 the .carburetor automatically in the lrequired amounts as needed.

.In this application -I make no claim per ae` to 4thestructure disclosed in Figures 2 vof the subject matter of another application. I'meke .no claim per .9e to the structure [shown t0 lthe left of the wall 113` in Figs.

' 1- and 6 as that forms the subject matter of another application.

' invention also embodies those novel .ldetails o f construction, combination and argrangement of 'parts all of which will "be first dtiiibefl,'then be specifically pointed o ut in ,-the appendedolaims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig 1., is an elevation and .part sectional view,=llustrating the application of my invention. Fig'. 2, is a section on the line 2 2 l 'of 1. Fig. 3, is a section on'the line Y. of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, isa vertical section of the. carburetor. Fig. 5, is a sectionon the line 5 -.5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6, is a viewsimilar to- Fig. 1, showing a modified way of connecting the parts constituting my complete apparatus to modify their operation. ig. 7, isa detail section and part elevation a i rtion of my invention. Y `Re erring nowto. the accompanying drm ings, in which like letters and numerals of s reference indicate like parts all of theA 1 gures, it will beseen that upon a suitable .slupport 1 the blower casing `'2 isset. v The Q5 .-.ceeingg2 closed 'by ahead 3 which may l heissleitethq casing 2'th1rough the flange 5- 4 represents the blower shaft, end of.;

which engages a plug bearing 8 in the casing head 3 and the otherend is held :in a bearing 10, .carried by an L- pipo 11,-jone end of which is threaded in the rear wall of the casing 2 and communicates with the passage- 14, formed by the rear wall of Athecasin and by the integrally formed pipe-like wa l l2, a removable plug 13 being provided for is divided transversely by a partition .20g to form a chamber for the pipe-11. -The construction of the blower mechanism which includes the shaft-.4,.the `fan 21 andthe inner casing 19 is of the ordinary type'fand per se forms no part of my invention.

The drum shaft 25 is. hadl in a maag iii', `the head 3 and in a bearing 27 lon a-bracket 28, the drum, 26 receiving the caible29that is connected with the weight 30, -while a.

handle (shown in full lines inFigLfllfmay,

be provided for winding up the cable on the drum. The regulator casing is supported over the casing 2 by -integ'rallyformed pipe sections 51-53, which form-continuations of the passages '14 and 215,-respetively. The pipe section 51 has-its bore opening centrally into the -casing-50,-while the pipe 53 communicates vwiththefcasin 50 near the-outer wall thereof.v

52 designates a pipe heldIcentrally" Wgithf y in the casing 50 and registering. with fthe central opening therein, while ajpipe `54 is held over the opening 'mtoithe `pipe section 53, as shown. The centralpipe -52 extends to near the top of the casing-50 and carries u hood 58 whose lower edge 'is out into V- shaped iportions 59 to dip `into a @tank 56 -formed 1n tho top of the gas bell', which bell 55 has a tube 57 vtoslip over the pipe 52 und form a bearing for the-bell. `The pipe 52 is slitted at-the top so as toetord communication between .the interiorfof the pipe 52 and interior of the hood .58 at all times. When the bell 55 is in its .lowered position, the pipe 54 extendstoinearthe top of the bell, as shown in Fig. 3 ofthe-drawings.

The -casing 50 incloses a chamber above the bell 55, access to which .is had through the elbow 60, whi'ch'maybeprovided .with a (filterfaereen 61, if

62 designates the outlet pipe within the bell 55 that passes through the casing 50 and terminates in the outlet 63, to which the gaseous fluid delivery pipe, or main, may be joined, filter screens 6-1 being providedv in theoutlet 63,if desired.

`in the hollow head 90 and in the pipe 91. lThevshaft 91 projects through one wall of the head 90 and carries a gear 97 over which an endless chain'- 100 passes, the chain 100 also passing over a gear 99 on the elevator shaft 105 thatis journaled in bea-rings in the closure wall of the head 90 and the partition 98 of such hollow head. On the shaft l105 the bucket conveyer 101 is mounted,

-. through the medium of the conveyer gear andl chain.' The bucketv conveyer consistin (Y of 'thechain 101 and the buckets 102 wh-icl'i have arms 103 to be engaged by trip pin 104 to empty the contents of the bucket into a funnel 96,-that is piped-up'through apipe 95 within the chamber 89, the pipe 95 passv ing through the pipes 93 and 94, as shown, and discharging its contents through the hood 48 onto the fan 49, the outlet 4-7 of the pipe 95 being arranged to discharge the con- -tents of the pipe directly onto the fan 49. Gasolene is admitted into the elevator casing or head 90 from the buried tank 108 throu h'the pipe 107, a vent pipe 106 being provi edforthe usual purposes.

The tank 108 may be buried at a suitable distance from the building 113 and gasolcne may be supplied to the tank 108 through the pipe 109,.a vent pipe 110 being provided for the usualpurposes. The entrant end of the pipes 109 and 110 are located in a pit 117, accessible from the surface. The air intake pipe 112- connect-s with the pipe 93 of the carbureter 86 while a pipe 111 connects the outlet- 119 of the carbureter. with the inlet i coupling of the regulator bell casing at 60.

Operation: Afterwinding up the cable ou the drum the operator releases the vhandle upon which the weight turns the blower 21 p'and sets in motion a current through the blower and regulator apparatus. The gaseous fluid, entering the regulator casing at 'the entrance 60,' passes into'the chamber formed between the bell-55Vand the casing 50 and passes beneath the hood 58 from 'which it enters the' pipe 52 and is sucked 'into the `chamber of the lblower casing, it

being forced by-'the blower from the blower casing 19 into the chamber 81 of the casing 2, from which it passes through the passage 15 into the pipe 54 where it empties under the bell 55. Gaseous fluid is taken from the apparatus by the pipe G2 that connects with the outlet 63 which in turn connects with the distribution mains.

The drawing of the gaseous fluid through the apparatus by the fan 20 from the entrant cud (3() to the exit 63 causes a suction of gas through the coupling 60 which gaseous fluid enters through the pipe -111 that is connected thereto, the pipe 111 being connected t-o the outlet of the carbureter kSti. As gaseous fluid is sucked from the carburcter 8G through the pipeflll, ail' 'issuoked into the carbureter 8G through the pipe 112,

the air entering through the pipes 93' and 91. The suction created by the air--curlfent from the entrance 93 to the outlet 119l of 'the carbureter 86 causes the gasolene that leaves the pipe 95 to be vaporized and mixed with the air as it passes throughthe carbureter 86 and sets the rotator into operation, which in turn operates the elevator 101 and elevates ythe gasolene intothe funnel '96 to supply the pipe 95, it being understood that the gasolene is constantly flowing intothe elevator casing 90 through the pipa-107, while the air within the casing f90 isisplaced into the -tan'k 108- fthroughf the pipe 10G. 1

In ["ig. I have shown a modification of my invention wherein the nir inlet ipe is connect-rd with the outlet 63 of the lower :and regulator apparatus and only airand not curburetcd air passes through the blower and regulator apparatuses. In this form the gaseous vfluid supply for thepmains is taken from the pipe 111. i.

-The operation of the form shown in Fig. 6 is precisely the same as that shown in Fig. 1. with this exception instead of passing-car- Vbiureted air through the blower and regulator apparatus, only the air is passed therethrough. A Y

Should gaseous fluid be generated faster than it is being used in the mains the bell 55 will riseand gradually cut off thesupply of air, as the case may be, through the -blower and regulator apparatus by immersing the openings 59 of the hood 58, and when the hell 55 is completely elevated and completely immerses the openings 59 no air current can pass through the pipes 52 and hence there will be a greater relativepressure on the outlet-side than on the inlet side of the blower which will lie sufficient to stop the movement thereof, and as the gaseous fluid and air cur-' rent through the carbureter is proportionately cut ofi` the movement of the rotator 92 will be proportionately reduced so that when the blower 21 is no'longer in operation the rotator 92'will also be stopped.- v'I 'lus'it will be seen that my improved generating mechanism is self-regulating and generates only as much gaseous fluid as is required for use.

By burying the ca rbureter 86 and the gasolene tank 108 at a distance from the building 113 and using the connection shown in Fig. 6 of the accompanyingr drawings. absolute safety in the use ot' the apparatus is assured since only so much generated gaseous fluid passes into the buildingr as is being withdrawn from the distributing mains and used at the fixtures. (not shown).

When the mechanism shown in Fig. 4 is used in the form shown in Fig. 1. the partition 88 as the casin 87 turns will be inverted and the water rawn out of the same, thereby causing a suction in the pipe .13 in the well known manner, to draw the air through the pipe 93 and deliver it into the casing 87. Vhen. however, the mechanism.

Shown in Fig. l is used in the form of the invention shown in Fig. the partition S8 performs little or no function.

From the foregoingr description talv'eu in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the complete construction, operation and numerous advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

What I claim is 1. A carbureter comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a rotator within said casing, said rotator including a cylindrical body open at one end, and a fan-like member within said cylindrical body, said cylindrical body and said fan-like member adapted to rotate together, said cylindrical body having an inlet in communication with said casing inlet whereby the gaseous fluid may pass from the easing inlet througln said fylindrical body to said easing outlet to 40 thereby operate said rotator, means for forcing gaseous fluid through said casing from the inlet to thc outlet thereof, and means operated by said rotator' for delivering gasoline into said cylindrical body as said rotator turns.

2. A carbureter comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a rotator Within said casing, said rotator including a cylindrical body open at one end, and a fan-like the inlet to the outlet thereof, andimeans operated by said rotator for delivering gasolcne into said cylimlrical body as said rotator turns, said last named means including a hollow closure head t'or said casing and forming a gasolene reservoir, an elevator within said closure head, power transmitting connections between said rotator and said elevator', a receiver for receiving the gasolene from said elevator, and a duct connected with said receiver and delivering into said cylindrical body.

GUSTAVE F. SCHMIDT.

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